Can You Hear Me? (IU EP)
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| EP by IU | ||||
| Released | March 20, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012–13; DCH Studio, Tokyo; Loen Studio, Seoul; Flyte Tyme Studios, Santa Monica; Middle Chorus Studio, Beijing; Jackson's Lyric Studio, Birmingham, AL | |||
| Genre | R&B, pop music, show tune | |||
| Length | 19:36 | |||
| Language | Japanese, English | |||
| Label | East World | |||
| Producer | Kazuhiko Koike (exec.), Won-Soo Shin (exec.), Hidenobu Okira, Young-Chul Cho, Seong-Kean Jeong | |||
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Can You Hear Me? is the second Japanese extended play by South Korean singer-songwriter and actress IU. It was released on March 20, 2013, and was her first extended play released in Japanese.
IU made her Japanese debut under EMI Music Japan in March 2012, with the single "Good Day." Since then, she had been active in both South Korea and Japan. In South Korea, she released the extended play Spring of a Twenty Year Old and collaborated with Korean girl group Fiestar for the song "Sea of Moonlight." In July, she released a Japanese version of her 2011 single "You & I," and held her first Japanese concert, IU Friendship Special Concert: Autumn2012, on September 17, 2012. In October 2012, IU released two cover songs digitally, "Friend" by Japanese rock band Anzen Chitai and "Aishiteru" (愛してる?, "I Love You") by Callin', one of the ending theme songs for the anime Natsume's Book of Friends. Both of these were recorded at her first Japanese concert.
In support of the French musical Notre-Dame de Paris performed at the Tokyu Theatre Orb in Shibuya in February and March, IU covered a song from the English version of the musical, "The Age of the Cathedrals." This was released as a cellphone download on February 6, 2013, and later as a PC download on February 13. This rendition was added to Can You Hear Me? as a bonus track.
The album was officially announced on January 25, 2013.
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